[fpc-pascal] SNMP and MIBs

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Jeppe Johansen wrote:
> Den 29-01-2011 11:48, Marco van de Voort skrev:
>> In our previous episode, Michael Van Canneyt said:
>>>> Noted previous mention of TSNMPSend etc., but has anybody ever 
>>>> looked at
>>>> compiling an MIB into an FPC object for use with RTTI?
>>> MIB = Men In Black ?
>> Management information base, used between SNMP, but also by e.g. sysctl.
>>
>> Provides a tree of variables that can be walked.
>>
>> I don't see why an FPC object would use this?
> You could combine it with RTTI, and then have a great generic tool that 
> can be used to inspect and control network equipment(and other things)
> 
> I can definitely see why it would be useful, but I'm not sure it could 
> be done at runtime

There's at least one MIB compiler written in Perl which could probably 
be transcribed. If the output were a Pascal file containing objects 
which were instantiated as necessary presumably it could be compiled 
into a DLL/so.

There seems to be a limited choice of Network Management Software, 
unless you want it in Java or only with a web interface. I use an old 
one from Compaq but it's Win-32 only and wants a particular version of 
the BDE.

This is /not/ something that I had the remotest intention of looking at...

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